On the outside of one bag, write down a word or phrase related to a barrier to creative thinking in education. On the other side of the bag, write down a word or phrase related to bridges for creative thinking in education. The second bag is opened and placed inside the bag with the responses to create a brick.
Take your "brick" and build a “wall” out of the bricks with barriers all on one side of the wall and bridges on the other side.
Briefly share the identified barriers and bridges.
Introduction
Creatively Speaking, Part One: Sir Ken Robinson on the Power of the Imaginative Mind
Creatively Speaking, Part Two: Sir Ken Robinson on the Power of the Imaginative Mind
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Barriers and Bridges
Do You Recognize These 10 Mental Blocks to Creative Thinking?
Barriers and Bridges Protocol
Materials:two lunch size paper bags
Markers
On the outside of one bag, write down a word or phrase related to a barrier to creative thinking in education. On the other side of the bag, write down a word or phrase related to bridges for creative thinking in education. The second bag is opened and placed inside the bag with the responses to create a brick.
Take your "brick" and build a “wall” out of the bricks with barriers all on one side of the wall and bridges on the other side.
Briefly share the identified barriers and bridges.